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}}9220 is a '''BR Mark 1 Brake Standard Open Second (BSO)9220''' is the longest-serving BR Mark 1 carriage on the SVR. Seating <ref name=SVR193>SVR News 193</ref> One end of the BSO<ref group="note">BR later rebranded Second class as Standard class. The 'S' in BSO can be read for either.</ref> is taken up by a Guard's compartment and luggage compartment with a side corridor allowing through access for passengers. At the other end the vestibule includes a toilet, with the door between the vestibule and passenger area therefore being located at the side of the carriage rather than in the centre. These arrangements result in the seating capacity is being reduced from 64 passengers in the normal ‘Open Second’ 'Open Second' to 39 passengersat 10 tables, the table adjacent to the vestibule door having only one seat next to the door to improve access. The Mark 1 BSO was not a particularly common type, with just 180 built by provision of a Guard’s compartment BR between 1955 and luggage compartment1964<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.83.</ref>.

==Service and preservation==9220 was built at Doncaster in 1955 to diagram Diagram number 183 (AE201), It began life and entered service in BR's Eastern Region but later moved as number E9220.<ref name=Longworth/> During the 1960s 'end of steam' era 9220 was part of an excursion set. This set was used during A4 Pacific 60022 ''Mallard'''s final run from Kings Cross before preservation,<ref>SVR News 193</ref> as well as on other rail tours in the North West including one early SVR Society trip after transfer to the Midlands Midland Region .<ref name=SVRCT>SVR Charitable Trust</ref> The transfer to the Midland Region resulted in 9220 being renumbered M9220 in October 1968.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.83.</ref>

9220 arrived on the SVR on 12 February 1973 from LeicesterBy 1972, after just 15 years of passenger service, where it M9220 had been where it withdrawn from traffic and was in use as a guards ' training vehicle.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref>school on an isolated siding at Leicester Diesel Depot<ref name = SVRT>SVR Charitable Trust<SVRCT/ref> It received a full overhaul at Bridgnorth after arrival, and although there is now in Crimson and Cream liveryno record of its being transferred into Internal User stock as might have been expected.

==Preservation==The SVR's first BR Mark 1 carriage, Corridor Second E24726 was bought by the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach|L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Dept.]] in January 1972 for the 'bargain price' of £100. It saw use until circa 1980 but was then scrapped.  M9220 was the second BR Mark 1 to be preserved on the SVR,<ref name=SVRCT/> arriving from Leicester on 12 February 1973 having been privately purchased by Mr Charles Newton. Another of Charles Newton's carriages [[BR 3083 Experimental Open| Experimental Open 3083]], also arrived on the same day.<ref group="note">The Charitable Trust and SVR News both name 9220 as the second arrival and thus longest serving. The SVR Stock Book suggested 3083 was second.</ref>  Shortly after its arrival, 9220 became the first carriage on the SVR (and it is believed one of the first anywhere in the UK) to be restored to crimson and cream livery.<ref name=SVRCT/><ref group="note">Crimson and cream is also referred to as 'carmine and cream' or more informally as 'blood and custard'. [https://www.bloodandcustard.org www.bloodandcustard.org] states that 'crimson and cream' was the term used by BR.</ref> It also became the catalyst for the establishment of the Bridgnorth C&W team. It was rumoured at the time that the regular C&W group wanted no dealings with the new Mark 1 carriages on the grounds that they were 'inferior vehicles'. Gary Walker, already experienced in loco painting including 46521, was asked if he would repaint 9220. [[Hugh McQuade]] suggested the original crimson and cream rather than the more modern maroon, Gary responded "OK if you'll help" and Hugh agreed. From that small beginning, by the mid-1980s there had grown a thirty-strong Bridgnorth C&W team with eighteen Mark I vehicles in their care.<ref>SVR News 80</ref> Having decided on the colour, 9220 had one side painted in crimson and cream livery at Bridgnorth during the closed season of 1973-4, lined and numbered with the E prefix denoting its Eastern Region origin. After a brief period back in traffic, it was moved to Hampton Loade where the painting was finished, before returning to Bridgnorth for lining out and renumbering.<ref>SVR News 36</ref>  In 1977 9220 established another SVR first when receiving new seats from other recently withdrawn Mark 1 carriages.<ref>SVR News 43, 80 </ref> By 1979 the carriage required some panels welded and was also in dire need of a repaint. It was tentatively withdrawn in spring 1980, but made several further appearances that year, most notably behind [[2857|GWR 2-8-0 2857]] on gauging trials, before work eventually started in November. A change of ownership had seen below photographed 9220 come into the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach|L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Dept.]] at Bridgnorth and its members began what became one of the first major rebuilds in the preservation era, paving the way for similar work across the country.<ref name=SVRCT/> At the time some people had expressed the opinion that that you could not chop holes in a Mark 1 carriage without distorting the framework. In the event more than 40 holes were made and repaired, varying from postcard size up to something the size of a carriage door. Two second-hand doors were acquired and fitted, all main windows were re-bedded, and the carriage repainted in the correct BR crimson and cream. The interior was also refurbished, with 9220 re-entering traffic on 27 September 1981.<ref>SVR News 59, 61</ref> During winter 1982 9220 became the first SVR Mark I to receive rebuilt bogies. The donor set, which had been recovered from [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR # Carriages scrapped while at the SVR |M15553]], were dismantled to their component form and re-assembled with new eye-bolts, reinforced bow-girders, new brake blocks and pins and several coats of black paint.<ref>SVR News 68</ref> By 1986 9220 had established another SVR first as first Mark I to undergo professional reupholstering (and as a result the first to have a thousand pounds spent on it in one go).<ref>SVR News 80</ref> It ran initially as part of the crimson and cream 'Set C' but increasingly as the usual vehicle for Steam School and Driving Experience specials. During 1987 9220 received its third repaint since arrival on SVR, with the opportunity being taken to give attention to both guard's doors at the same time.<ref>SVR News 86, 87</ref> The fabric used in the 1980s re-upholstery was factory-new surplus red tartan cloth acquired from Ilford Electric Multiple Unit Depot. Unfortunately this proved more prone to wear than the normal moquette and by winter 1992-93 more re-upholstery was required. On this occasion 9220's seats were re-covered in red spotted moquette by a sub-contractor who also worked for B.R. at Tyseley. The work was completed in accordance with the new B.R. post-Kings Cross fire safety standards which ended the use of stuffing materials such as horse- hair or pig-hair and required timbers to be painted in fire-retardant paint.<ref>SVR News 105</ref> At the end of 1993 9220 was taken out of service for what was expected to be the simple task of installing new lino throughout and the routine re-bedding of window glass before a return to service at Easter. Removing the seats to gain access to the floor revealed that a number of side wall timber panels had become de-laminated with age, and these were replaced. While re-bedding the main window glasses, a number of panes of ordinary plate glass were found which were scrapped and replaced with toughened glass. The lavatory had been locked out of use for 12 months due to a burst pipe, as a result of which the timber fabric of the partition wall become rotten to almost two feet above the floor. This damage was repaired and the lavatory returned to use. The guard's compartment was also found to require a repaint. The decision was therefore taken to carry out a full repaint at the same time. This was completed in December 1993, after which several weeks were spent attending to the gangway steelwork, dampers and canvases at both ends. In another (unwanted) first, one gangway was found to be held at the top by only one bolt, the other three all having become undone or dropped out, resulting in a programme of checking all the others from then on as they come in for work to be done.<ref>SVR News 111, 113</ref> 9220 suffered a leaking roof-tank in early 1996 requiring the ceiling and roof tank to be taken down while repairs were made. An issue with the electrical fuses was addressed at the same time. The work occupied four volunteers for several days.<ref>SVR News 119</ref> In 2006 9220 underwent a temporary repaint into maroon livery pending its next full overhaul.<ref name=SVRCT/><ref>SVR News 163</ref> The following year 9220 and the other LMS&BR Coach Fund vehicles were transferred to the [[Charitable Trust|SVR Rolling Stock Trust]]. In May 2009 9220 went into Bewdley paint shop, for door ends and three external doors to be replaced. It was completed at the end of 2009.<ref>SVR News 185</ref> Back in its regular crimson and cream livery, 9220 continued as the 'driving experience' brake although it was used to reinforce Set M during the 2014 Diesel Gala<ref>SVR News 188</ref> It received a further repaint in April mid-2015before use in the September [[Autumn Steam Gala]] as part of Set N. It Some reproduction 1950s 'chain link' pattern moquette was also acquired to be fitted in 2016; SVR News noted at the time that "''9220 does duty as the Footplate Experience coach and we like to present a vehicle in good condition for this premium work''"<ref name=SVR193/>. 9220 has been owned by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] since 2007.The photographs show 9220 in the livery it has worn between 1955 and 1960 and from 1973 to date apart from a brief period. The Trust's website states that "''We believe 9220 has carried the carmine and cream livery longer than any other vehicle in the country<ref name = SVRTSVRCT/>.<gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">BR_9220_20150411.jpg|9220 at Bewdley in April 2015seen from the guards' compartment end</gallery>

*[httphttps://www.svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/9220-2index.html php?page=Brake%20Second%20Open%20No%209220 9220 on svrtrust.org.uk]